Intro Stats

by Richard D. De Veaux

Richard De Veaux, Paul Velleman, and David Bock wrote Intro Stats with the goal that you have as much fun reading it as they did in writing it. Maintaining a conversational, humorous, and informal writing style, this new edition engages readers from the first page. The authors focus on statistical thinking throughout the text and rely on technology for calculations. As a result, students can focus on developing their conceptual understanding. Innovative Think/Show/Tell examples provide a problem-solving framework and, more importantly, a way to think through any statistics problem and present their results. New to the Fourth Edition is a streamlined presentation that keeps students focused on what s most important, while including out helpful features. An updated organization divides chapters into sections, with specific learning objectives to keep students on track. A detailed table of contents assists with navigation through this new layout. Single-concept exercises complement the existing mid- to hard-level exercises for basic skill development."

Genres: Nonfiction, Mathematics, Science, Textbooks

800 pages, Hardcover

First published June 9, 2003

Reviews

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really decent statistics textbook for an introductory course. It has de-emphasized the arduous calculations and focused instead on understanding and interpreting data and statistical methods. I'm teaching from it now at the local community college.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually pretty readable and full of examples

[Karen Ford · Rating 4 out of 5]

It did what it needed to but God I hate stats

[* · Rating 3 out of 5]

No longer using this website, but I'm leaving up old reviews. Fuck Jeff Bezos. Find me on LibraryThing: https://www.librarything.com/profile/...

I read this book as part of a distance learning class at the University of Florida, a class I took at the same time as I took Anatomy & Physiology I and II, which use the book Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life. That book was so atrocious that it made reading this book almost leisure reading.

The book is funny, it has interesting anecdotes and was written clearly by teachers for whom the material had been tread many times. The design is impeccable, and you never feel like you are being attacked by text. You are also given clearly marked extra knowledge which I think enriches the text.

I feel like a total nerd for continuing to go on about this textbook, but really, having such a bad textbook in my other classes really made me appreciate this one. Furthermore, I did almost no leisure reading the past six months, and I need some kind of review to show for my last six months of life.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

From someone who really detests math, this was an incredible book. The authors are, dare I say it, funny. I learned a lot from this book, it was easy to read, and the examples were current and well worked. I would definitely recommend this book for a stats class - and if you are required to have this book for a class, read it, it helps tremendously.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a text book (and a math text book at that...), this is a really funny book. Certainly a great way to learn Stats.

[Dr. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bring on the pain.

[McKay · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well how do I say this?...the book was actually really a great teaching tool and my professor was great, but the content stunk! I really struggled with this course and am thrilled that it is over!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wish me luck!

[Sylvain Bérubé · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je rêve de produire un livre de statistiques similaire à celui-ci, mais en français et sous licence Creative Commons (ou équivalent).

[Nawasandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cornell Alumni's book

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

scintillating....